A really wonderful little item in a variety of ways.

First, the primary work, i.e. the Vermont Adviser, is a very rare and important Great Awakening periodical. 

Second, this copy was John Fitch's. He was one of the editors of the Magazine.

Third, this copy ended up going to the Backus Historical Society and form there includes a handwritten note by Alvah Hovey.

Finally, it has bound in the rear five rather rare sermons, each valuable and unsual on the makret in their own right. 

The Adviser; or, Vermont Evangelical Magazine for the Year 1811. Middlebury. Samuel Swift. 1811. 376pp.

Includes: Life of Revivalist John Berridge, Anecdotes of the Countess of Huntingdon, A Daialogue between Calvin and Arminius, Letters from William Carey [5 of them], The Revival of Religion in Chazy, Counterfeit Religion Detected, Covenanting with God, Letter from Andrew Fuller, Society for Christianizing Jews, Letter from Robert Morrison of China. Revival of Religion in Madrid, Revivals of Religion in Massachusetts, Mission to Rangoon [just previous to Adoniram Judson's leaving], Revival in Montpelier, Revival of Religion in Pittsford [extensive], False Prophets of the Present Age, Evidences of Having the Holy Spirit, etc. 

[Bound with]

Beecher, Lyman. The Government of God Desirable. A Sermon Delivered at Newark. October 1808. 20pp.

Emmos, Nathanael. The Giver More Blessed than the Receiver. A Discourse Addressed to the Congregation in Franklin. Boston. 1809. 24pp.

Lyman, Gershom C. A Sermon Preached ot the Young People in Marlborough. Brattleborough. William Fessenden. 1809. 12pp.

Worcester, Noah. The First Commandment of All Illustrated and Applied. A Sermon Preached at Campton. Peacham. Samuel Goss. 1806. 23pp

Fuller, Stephen. A Sermon Preached at Chelsea. Danville. Ebenezer Eaton. 1811. 13pp. 

Original calf, split vertically, but stable. Leather dried and worn. A rare assemblage.